1982 Chevrolet Other Pickups

Chevy LUV Pickup truck

4 - Cyl.

Manual

J8ZBL14S7C8200387

Diesel

NO RESERVE. PLEASE read over the entire auction twice before bidding. This Diesel Chevy Luv is offered for sale with the only option being buying pay and arrange to ship, or pickup the vehicle at zip code 24060. This vehicle is offered for sale locally, I reserve the right to end the auction early. PLEASE DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT and plan to pick this truck up again zip 24060 in Blacksburg, Va. If you do not agree to all the terms on the listing, please do not bid, thanks for your time! If you are seriously interested in this truck: THE AUCTIONS ENDS SUNDAY March 27th at 8:40PM (Eastern time) set a reminder in your phone to check ebay on Sunday night at 8pm if you want a nice, fuel efficient diesel truck. 1982 Chevrolet LUV diesel 4 cylinder 5 speed (manual transmission) pickup truck. VIN # J8ZBL14S7C8200387. We will start with the good: regular cab, 5 speed, 2 wheel drive 4 cylinder diesel averages 35mpg city/hwy. regular cab short bed pickup truck. White exterior, blue interior, very few miles on the odometer! this vehicle has tons of life left. It has no issues and needs zero repairs to be road worthy. There is a Va inspection sticker good until November 2011. Brand spanking new tires in front, newer tires in rear, zero rot, superb tread. park brake works great, shifts very smoothly into all 5 forward gears as well as reverse without any grinding whatsoever. all syncros in trans are good, it shifts perfectly. Does not seem to use any oil, or leak any fluids. Brakes and steering are tight. Clear Virginia title ready for the new buyer. The glow plugs work great, this puppy fires right up and will go and go for likely another 200k miles. There is a block heater for sub-zero starting, works great if its less than 20 degrees out and you don't want to wait for your truck to warm up. all lights and turn signals function beautifully. inspected, this vehicle will make it to California and back without issue. The orig. temp gauge is the only thing I can identify that does not operate, but there is an aftermarket "sunco" temperature gauge mounted to the bottom of the dash (pictured). New rear shocks, also has spring helpers on rear springs so it should be able to haul a heavier load in the bed. This stock, extremely low mileage Chevy LUV diesel needs a couple of things: 1. badges/decals put back on (inside cab, have them all). 2. Paint job ($280 at Maaco) 3. seat covers and find better shape driver seat belt from a junkyard (does not retract/suck back into socket). 4.radio re-installed. The rust has been taken care of with new metal on the rockers. There is slight rust inside the bed, undercarriage is extremely clean, ZERO ROT. the only dent I see is in front of the passenger's fender. The only rust thru is a couple very small holes in the bed and a small spot on drivers rearmost panel near where the exhaust comes out, also, this could stand to have the tailgate replaced, starting to rust pretty good at the bottom. There is a very small crack (maybe 9 inches long) on the windshield. Does not effect vision, still passes inspection. I considered taking this pickup truck to MAACO myself and having it painted, but I did not want to mis-represent it. This is not an "off the showroom floor" vehicle by any means, but I have never seen a diesel of this vintage with what appears to be such low miles. It is about 30 years old, meaning if the odometer is correct, this has been used for approx. 3000 each year for the past 29 years!!! The speedo functions perfect, GPS verified. Really, although I may have been able to sell it for more otherwise if I had taken this truck to be painted, I decided against it for this reason: This truck is 100% original as it is, and this way, the new buyer can decide what color they like most for this fuel sipping Chevrolet. The exhaust does not smoke but a little on start-up and will puff off a little bit of black smoke when its floored, as all diesels of this vintage do. If you've never owned a diesel, trust me, this is not an issue whatsoever. This has the 2.2L Isuzu diesel. This same engine was offered in Isuzu trooper diesels, Isuzu P'ups, Chevy Luv's, and forklifts. (Engine used in many applications, not difficult to get parts for at all) In the vehicular applications, they were offered with a turbo I believe in 1986 and 1987, so you should be able to find a stock turbo setup from an 86/87 model year which will directly bolt up to this motor. If you search for it, should help fuel economy and power even more!!! Really, this thing runs wonderfully. The entire time I was taking pictures the engine was running, it doesn't put off smoke or overheat or anything like that (which is what the GAS power LUVs are prone to do)... No no no, this engine is far superior. As you can tell from the temp gauge (more accurate than the original one), this thing operates around 190F all day, idling for an hour or going up the hills. This is a NO RESERVE AUCTION. this means whatever the thing sales for, the highest bidder is responsible for paying and picking up the truck (24060, Blacksburg, Va). Ebay charges me a $100 successful sales fee for selling a vehicle. I will split this fee with the buyer, meaning, if the auction ends and the truck sells for $900, the buyer will come to zip code 24060, put $950 cash in my hands, and they get clear title and a great little running, driving, diesel 5-speed truck. ONCE MORE, please read over listing twice, ask any questions you may have, and contact me for a ph # or test drive. I have nothing to hide, your more than welcome to come see/test drive this little beast. I had a diesel datsun 720 pickup that I had MAACO paint for 300 and I made a wooden bed for, it really looked sharp, I recommend doing this. if someone were to paint this chevy luv, they'd have a great looking little fuel sipping diesel which will likely last another 30 years. Needs nothing but an oil change every 4k miles. I got the vehicle in non-running condition and have been fixing it up. recently drained all the old diesel from the fuel tank and added new fuel filter. I have been as accurate as possible, and do my best to be extremely honest about everything. This vehicle is sold as-is, where-is, and I have done by best to very precisely describe it. please don't bid unless you plan to pay for and come get this beautiful lil truck. Thanks for looking, good luck, happy bidding! Chris On Mar-22-11 at 13:02:18 PDT, seller added the following information: As I mentioned, I had another white little diesel truck I put a wood bed on and repainted at Maaco. It looked great, I was able to dig up some photos. If you are interested in seeing them, please use the "as the buyer a question" icon(top right corner of listing) and email me with your email address and I will gladly send them. you can also email me for a ph #. This bed could be salvaged and even used as-is, or you could find another bed at a junkyard, or you could wood-bed it, I simply have a picture so show you how nice they look witha wooden bed if your interested. ~Chris